Saturday, May 21, 2022

Continuing State Criminality - Sri Lanka

 

Continuing State Criminality - Sri Lanka

First of all, I extend my deepest sympathies to all the families who have lost their loved one and saviors of the family, during the violence escalated on the 9th of May 2022; I am not prepared to isolate people’s representatives and civilians in this respect, because people’s representatives always claim that they always at the side of the people. My deepest commiserations to all who have been affected by that unfortunate vehemence.                     

I was watching the 2022 May 9th escalation of violence since the attack on the nonviolent protestors at Temple Trees and Galle Face and the way the commotion emancipated in Nittambuwe almost live, through TV channels and Internet media. Thereafter, since 2022 May 17th  I was also watching the live telecast of Parliamentary sessions very intensely

IGP Sri Lanka Police has sent a report to Defense or Law and Order Secretary to the effect of, out of 189 Police OICs appointed latest, 182 are political appointees, almost equally same number without facing an interview, now the question arises why the people’s representatives, who ostensibly claim that they always with the people, need OICs to be their side? When we compare these facts provided by the IGP with the intensity of violence on the 9th of May 2022 and later, you can gather and assert the reason for the public anger and the way it was manifested. It is very clear people has been under rule of terror for 3 or 4 months smoking beneath and have been searching for means and ways to liberate their mounting anger against the terror rule some or the other way. Another fact IGP revealed was more than 50 OICs among those political appointees are connected to the Drug kingpins, and I wonder who prevents the IGP in taking legal action despite his brave decision to reveal all these information against the State Criminal Activities.  Parliamentarians of the ruling party spoke about the supremacy of the Rule of Law, when they are at the receiving end, while keeping the OICs of their areas within their pockets.

I refrained from writing about Nittambuwe Incident, until Kehelia Rambukwella, now Minister of Health spoke out in parliament, thank you very much, Honorable Minister, we all know about your capability to reveal (nokiya kiyanna) without actually telling it. He quoted about a journalist to reveal the same in the emancipation of Nittambuwe violence which went to the different level, due to the people’s representative Late Amaraweera Aththukorala  or his Late body guard or both of them  shooting at the people who were about to surround his vehicle, as a retaliatory response; people were very angry and have come to the streets when information spread through mobile phones that the,  State has criminally mobilized against nonviolent Mina Go Gama and Gotta Go Gama, as these protest areas were very popular among the whole Island public.  This same shooting incident claimed the life of at least two after critically injuring 6 civilians. It is a criminal offence to use the guns against any civilians even if you are a parliamentarian; in this case public have been already volatile for some time due to the deprivations of essential commodities and due to the inhumane attack on the peaceful protesters against the preceded reason suggested. This shooting itself by a Parliament Member and by his body guard further aggravated the volatile situation as the information spread throughout the island through the modern technology.

People were shocked that a parliament member who have been elected to serve them turning the guns against them.  As such there is no point in blaming any other political parties, because deprivations of essential commodities have affected all sectors of people including political party members other than Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, as revealed by the ransacking of many Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna members.

Coming back to Nittambuwe Incident, I saw a CCTV footage that showed Late MP and the Late body guard escaping from the place of shooting, one of them wielding a pistol, while on the run pistol was changed hands. The same CCTV footage didn’t show any civilians chasing the both. When I changed my TV channel to Indian News TV channels, on the same day, it reported the Late Polonnaruwa District MP’s demise as the way, Kehelia Rambukwella Honorable Minister of Health revealed in the Parliament quoting Journalist Manjula Basnayake.

Following day, the morning news of Indian Channels as well reported that the death of Polonnaruwa District MP’ due to gun short injuries after shooting at the protestors and finished the reporting, as the same way Kehelia Rambukwella Honorable Minister of Health revealed in the Parliament quoting Journalist Manjula Basnayake. This same news could have been picked up by some other International News channels in the same way as well. Kehelia Rambukwella tactfully surfaced the issue very appropriately in the August Sabah of Parliament, as this issue directly involves how the medical profession is applied to the society and the integrity of medical education within Sri Lanka, as such It is very much appropriate, he was bestowed as Honorable Minister of Health Affairs later as he was just a Parliament Member when he made that important statement. Economic crisis and civil unrest shouldn’t be a reason to slip away the criminal procedure applications, particularly by the rulers.

1.  It is a criminal offense to cover or attempting to cover the actual incident particularly when the incident culminated fatally.

2.     It is a criminal offence to fabricate a murder charge on anyone

3.     Ignoring murders when particularly gun shooting has taken place as of due of civil commotion as well a criminal offense.

4.     It is an offense of criminality to force/subject the Forensic Medical officer to change the actual reason of death, by any means and this is not new to Rajapaksha Family rulers, as has been revealed during Thajuddin Murder case during good governance government.    

5.     Government Forensic medical officer covering up the actual reason or being part of fabricating murder case is as well are criminal offenses,

6.     It is a criminal offence to randomly arrest civilians on the orders of any politicians  

7.     The real perpetrators of the attack on Gall Face nonviolent protestors that incited the 2022 May 9th island wide violence, freely roaming despite Magisterial orders for to act with rationale.

Whenever Antare and IUSF are coming, if Police is capable of obtaining court orders on all the occasions, why did Police and Military and other intelligence agencies fail to identify the intentions of the Rajapaksha supporters and attack? What did the police and army do to prevent or pre-empt, except for accompanying the pro Government protestors carrying, manhandling weapons?

All the above questions suggest that Galle Face attack was preplanned and with the blessings of ex-Prime Minister, and his son, Johnston Fernando Sanath Nisantha, Secretary of Defense, Army Commander, IGP, senior DIG Desha Bandu Tennakoon, Intelligence Agencies and senior police officers in the area.

Conclusion- As we are all aware, it was an undemocratic, inhuman, unethical and unacceptable Government sponsored terror attack on peaceful young strugglers at Galle Face that led to all the pandemonium later.

 All these have to be summed up and compared with an incident on 17th May 2022, within the Parliament, just when Parliamentary Session about to start, in which Prof. Channa Jeyasumana MP and two other MPs Indika Anuradha and D. Weerasinghe attacked two media reporters who have been accomplishing their duty within Parliament since 1999, Prof. Jeyasumana and accompanies forcefully pushed the reporters back to the wall and confiscated their mobile phones, saying all problem are due to you all alike and abused with filth as well; what is that you all as people’s representatives wanted to hide from the public elected you all? What is the criminal activity you all are ashamed of telling to the people? Transparency is an important part of Democracy and the electors have right to hear what their representatives saying/doing in the Parliament.

Most of the SLPP MPs are decrying that their properties are damaged, but it has been revealed that, most of the SLPP members and supporters have stored abundant stocks of essential commodities when mob ransacked the houses and offices, of SLPP members. This is also a criminal activity, when majority of the population yearning for these items standing in long queues for long hours, and the people who voted for them boiling beneath, until the day came to express their fury and rage.

Following are details of essential commodities abundantly stored – illegally by SLPPA

Gas tanks, fertilizer, diesel & dhal found from SLPP politicos' houses:

Large stocks of chemical fertilizers, gas cylinders, diesel and dhal were found in bulk at the homes that were destroyed by mobs belonging to former Minister Chamal Rajapaksa, Johnston Fernando, North Central Province Governor Mahipala Herath, Kurunegala Mayor Thushara Sanjeewa and Kurunegala Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Achala Nimantha.

Around 140 gas cylinders weighing 12.5 kilograms were found in the homes of former Minister Johnston Fernando, Kurunegala Mayor Thushara Sanjeewa and Kurunegala Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Achala Nimantha which were set on fire by protesters in the Kurunegala area. It is reported that all these gas cylinders have been taken away by the people.

There were reportedly over 80 gas cylinders at former minister Johnston Fernando’s residence on lake road (Wewa Pará) in Kurunegala as well.

The protesters also stormed a house belonging to former Minister Chamal Rajapaksa in the Kirinda Magama area in Tissamaharama and had found 300 bundles of urea fertilizer, 3000 liters of diesel, 200 bundles of paddy and a stock of red dhal which was later distributed among the people of the area and had set it on fire. The house and office of this former Minister in Tissamaharama Senapura as well was attacked and severely damaged by the protesters on Tuesday night (09). All the documents that were in the office were as well destroyed.

Meanwhile, a group of angry residents of the area had set fire to a farm belonging to North Central Province Governor Mahipala Herath at Dimbulagala Bandanagala at around 3 pm yesterday (10) and caused damage to property, Siripura Police said. The warehouse on the 50-acre farm contained nearly 400 bags of urea fertilizer and another stock of chemical fertilizers, which were also seized by farmers. The protesters had also set fire to several hand tractors that were found in the farm. The Siripura Police conducting investigations said that a large stock of paddy that was stored in the farm had been destroyed by the fire.

when you serve the whole the population that is social service,  when serve only your political supporters that is selfish political activity. 

 "Government is, By the People, for the people and for the people" 

                                                                                       - Srimavo Bandaranayke 1971
 

 

 

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